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From: nvp@shore.net (Nathan V. Patwardhan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Emacs META?
Date: 23 Jun 1997 18:53:38 GMT
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Nathan Dorfman (nathan@senate.org) wrote:

: Besides its easier to type  Alt+F than reach over to Escape, press it,
: then go back and press F. Experiment for yourself.

Oh.  That's probably the same reason why I think C-3 f is good for me
as I've mapped a whole bunch of Meta-based commands to C-whatever, so
C-3 seems natural now.

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Nathan V. Patwardhan
nvp@shore.net